“Hospitals, pharmacies and health insurance companies are among the hardest hit when it comes to hacker attacks, stolen laptops, spying employees and other information security mishaps.
Healthcare organizations are losing more than just names, addresses and Social Security numbers. When their data gets stolen, patients lose the privacy of their medical conditions, treatments and medications while at the same time falling prey to identity theft, medical billing fraud and other criminal schemes.”
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Carolyn Duffy Marsan, The Industry Standard, 2 September 2009
